EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region: Safety and Security round table, 9 December in Helsinki

The Baltic Sea Region Perspectives conference will take place in Helsinki on 9th December 2008. The theme of the conference is Safety and Security, with the particular aim of contributing to the preparations of the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region.

The keynote speakers include Mr. Alexander Stubb, Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, former MEP and initiator of the European Parliament's Baltic Sea Strategy and Mr. José Palma Andrés, Director in charge of Territorial Cooperation in the Directorate-General for Regional Policy of the European Commission.

The conference is one out of four roundtable events organised as part of the preparation work on the EU Strategy for the Baltic Sea Region. These round table discussions will give you a unique opportunity to contribute to the ongoing preparation process of the Strategy.

The first announcemenet of this roundtable: www.hel2.fi/bsrp

The inforegio webpage on the Baltic Sea Strategy:
ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/cooperation/baltic/index_en.htm